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>>> -- MONSTER ENERGY AMA
SUPERCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP,
AT&T PARK BEAUTIFUL SAN
FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, FOR
ROUND NUMBER 5, OF THE 2009
SEASON.
>> CBS SPORTS COVERAGE MONSTER
ENERGETIC AMA SUPERCROSS IN
HIGH DEFINITION -- SHEEHEN
ALONGSIDE CHAMPION JEFF EMIG,
READY TO GO RACING WITH HEAT
NUMBER ONE, HERE IN SAN
FRANCISCO, THE STARTING GRID
ACROSS TOP OF THE SCREEN --
HEAT NUMBER ONE SEE THE CHAMP,
ON THE FRONT OF HIS BIKE, CHAD
REED.
>> TONIGHT, IS A NIGHT CHAD
REED NEEDS TO GET THANKS GOING
NEEDS TO WIN HERE TONIGHT, ALL
STARTS WINNING, QUALIFYING
HEAT.
>> NINE RUNNERS, STRAIGHT TO
THE MAIN.
>> REED -- IN THE PACK --
>> JOSH GRANT WINNER ANAHEIM
HUGE VICTORY TO OPEN THE
SEASON RIGHT OUT IN FRONT IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
-- THE 979 -- IVAN IN RED
HONDA NUMBER 9 FIGHTING OVER,
THIRD PLACE, JOSH, ON THE
YAMAHA.
>> -- 2000 QUALIFIER REED AND
VILLOPOTO HAVE -- FIRST TURN,
VILLOPOTO THROUGH THE BACK,
GOING TO SEE HOW HE CAN WORK
THROUGH -- COMING OFF A THIRD
PLACE FINISH LAST WEEK.
-- NUMBER 54, FIFTH
POSITION -- AS WE WATCH HILL
HAVING ONE OF THE BETTER RUNS
OF HIS EARLY -- START IS TO
2009 SEASON, MINNEAPOLIS -- A
YEAR AGO HAD A -- VICTORY --
STRUGGLE FOR -- KNOCKED OUT,
OFF THE TOP OF THE CORNERER --
REED, WHO GETS AROUND -- ON
79.
>> THE SECTION, FIRST LAP OF
THE OPENING CHAD REED A SLIGHT
MISTAKE OFF THE SIDE OF THE
TRACK WITH THAT REALLY HARD,
OFF THAT FIRST TRIPLE, BUT AS
CHAMPIONS DO HE HAS TO REGROW
UP, GET IT TOGETHER, ERASES
ORGANIZATION STARTED LIKE YOU
WANT IT, HE IS THE OPPORTUNITY
HERE, IN THE NEXT SIX LAPS TO
MAKE --
>> 6TH PLACE MAIN STORY --
YAMAHA SCORING LEADERBOARD,
TRANSFER SPOTS IN TOP NINE TO
MAIN, THOSE IN BLUE, DON'T AND
ONE OF THOSE RIDERS IN BLUE,
VILLOPOTO -- ONE OF THE BEFRT
RIDERS STRUGGLING IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
>> VILLOPOTO, HE WAS AROUND
THE FIRST TURN, ABOUT THIRD OR
FOURTH PUSHED OFF THE SIDE OF
THE TRACK, JUST SHUFFLED WAY
BACK, HE HAS WORK CUT OUT FOR
HIM.
-- WORKING SO HARD WITH
TEAM -- WITH, TEAM, EARLIER
TODAY, AROUND REALLY FEELS
THAT HE HAS STRENGTH OF TEAM
BEHIND HIM EVERYBODY WORKING
TOGETHER.
>> VILLOPOTO FIFTH IN POINTS,
LOOKING FOR FIRST WIN, A
CHAMPION -- A FORMER CHAMPION
IN THE LIGHT -- WHICH IS THE
STEPPING-STONE TO BIGGER
SUPERCROSS, RIGHT 250, BIGGER,
450, PICKED UP, ANOTHER
POSITION, VILLOPOTO CHARGING
UP INTO THE TOP NINE, HOPDZ O
TRANSFER SPOT RIGHT BACK.
WELCOME BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA, WATCHING SECOND
THIRD FOURTH AND FIFTH HILL IN
FRONT -- TO TAKE OVER SECOND
IN -- MOVED TWO MORE, AS
NUMBER NINE, HONDA RIDER, AND
ON THAT -- SUZUKI REED YELLOW
BIKE TAKES OVER, FOURTH
POSITION.
>> CHAD REED METHODOLOGY
WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE
PACK, HERE IN GAMING MOMENTUM
GAINING CONFIDENCE -- TOUGH
COUPLE WEEKS FOR CHAMPION
STARTED OFF THE SEASON STRONG,
LOST MOJO LAST COUPLE WEEKS,
BUT NOW -- HERE AT SAN
FRANCISCO, TRYING TO GET IT
BACK.
SO DESPERATELY NEEDS A WIN, TO
-- HE HAS THE POINTS LEAD IN
CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT MORE THAN
POINTS LEAD NEEDS MOMENTUM
GOING TO HAVE HIS WAY.
>> FROM THE RED HONDA RIDER
IVAN A VERY GOOD SEASON,
NUMBER NINE -- RUNNING, SOME
OF THE BEST RACES WE HAVE SEEN
HIM PUT TOGETHER, IN RECENT
WEEKS -- AND A TWO-TIME
SUPERCROSS CHAMPION, CAME IN
TO THE CLASS, AS REALLY
STRUGGLED THIS YEAR, REALLY
HAS -- GOT THINGS TOGETHER A
LOT HAS TO DO WITH -- A NEW
MACHINE THIS YEAR, BUT -- IVAN
FOUND A LOT OF SUCCESS ON THIS
NEW BIKE.
>> -- VILLOPOTO -- GETTING --
HE IS SIXTH IN TRANSFER SPOT,
THIS -- WINDING DOWN, TALKING
ABOUT NEW BIKES, CHAD REED WON
TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS RIDING
YAMAHA NOW SUZUKI LIKES THE
CHANGE THE TEAM EVERYTHING
ABOUT IT, HAS NOT -- TO A WIN.
>> THAT IS PROBLEM FOR CHAD
REED, HAD A THIRD IN ANAHEIM,
ONE AND THREE STRAIGHT SECOND
PLACE FINISHS.
>> STEWART IN NUMBER TWO, JOSH
GRANT, WON AT ANAHEIM, HE PUT
TOGETHER A STRING OF -- TOP
FIVE THIS YEAR A FIRST THIRD,
TWOFISTS LAST TWO WEEKS, I
TALKED ABOUT THAT CRASH IN
OPENING LAP OF PRACTICE --
JOSH GRANT COMES BY -- GOES
DOWN ALSO, IN A REAL BINDING
CRASH, JOSH GRANT THIS YEAR
HAS REBOUNDED JUST INCREDIBLE
RIDE, EVERYBODY BLOWN
EVERYBODY AWAY -- GOINGING
OUT, JUST AHEAD OF HILL, HAS
REALLY BEEN ON THE --
>> CHECKERS FLAG FOLLOWING
GRANT, WINS ON THE RACING
YAMAHA.
TAKING A LOOK AT OUR HONDA
RESULT PAGE FROM HEAT NUMBER
ONE.
>> JOSH GRANT CHANGED UP
BASICALLY EVERYTHING THERE WAS
TO CHANGE ON -- THE BIKE FIRST
PRACTICE TILL NOW JOSH YOU
CHANGED THE -- SHOCK TIRES,
SUSPENSION HOW MUCH OF A
DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE ON A
SLIPPERY TRACK AS THIS.
>> IT HELPED A LOT, DID A LOT
OF WORK ON THE TRACK, CAME
AROUND ROCKY THIS MORNING, AND
I DON'T KNOW, JUST GOT OFF TO
A GOOD START, THOUGHT I HAD --
ALL I COULD ASK FOR WHAT YOU
NEED -- TRACK, SO IF I CAN DO
IN MAIN I SHOULD BE UP THERE
CONGRATULATIONS ON FIRST KEY
WIN OF THE SEASON.
>> ♪ ON THE ROAD AGAIN --
GOING PLACES THAT I HAVE NEVER
BEEN -- SEEING THINGS THAT I
MAY NEVER SEE AGAIN, I CAN'T
WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN
♪.
>> WE ARE ON THE ROAD, 17
ERASES 18 WEEKS OUR SCHEDULE
DOWN I-5 TO ANAHEIM,
CALIFORNIA SEE US IN PERSON
GET TICKETS SUPERCROSS ON
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>> 30 SECOND BOARD WE ARE 30
SECONDS WAY -- BUT THE DROP OF
THE GATE AND START OF NUMBER
2.
>> -- YOU SEE THE GRID --
NUMBER 7, YAMAHA -- MACHINE,
STEWART.
>> ONBOARD JOSH ON THAT BIKE.
NEXT TO STARTING BOX OVER HERE
A NICE LOOK, TO THE LEFT OF
THE BOX A NICE LOOK AT THE
INSIDE HERE SEE WHAT KIND OF
START GETS.
STEWART.
GOING TO BE -- THE SUZUKI HOLD
SHOT, STEWART -- ONE RIDER
THREE, FOUR, GOING HARD --.
LOOKS LIKE -- THE GREEN
BIKE -- AND MILLSAPS THERE, I
BELIEVE, MIKE I THINKS HOLD
SHOT MASTER, EACH WEEK GETTING
OFF THE GATE IN A GREAT
POSITION, AND RUNNING --
STEWART IN FRONT OF SHORT, THE
BACK OF HONDA.
AND, PEOPLE KEEP EYE ON NUMBER
SEVEN HERE, THIS IS THE
FASTEST MAN ON PLANET, LAST
WEEK IN HOUSTON JAMES STEWART
REALLY FOUND HIS MOJO, AND IT
WAS THE JAMES STEWART THAT WE
HAVE SEEN IN PAST SO
AGGRESSIVE, AND HE WAS THAT
THAT SWAGGER ABOUT HIM, AND
I'M TELLING YOU HIS -- WHOOPS
HERE HE GOES UP THE INSIDE,
AROUND HIM HE GOES JAMES
STEWART AROUND MIKE, THE CROWD
STARTS TO CHEER IN SAN
FRANCISCO AS ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS RIDERS IN THE SPORT
TAKES THE LEAD.
>> WATCH GREEN BIKE CENTER OF
SCREEN 29 RED HONDA -- THEN,
MILLSAPS -- HERE IS SUMMEY,
WATCH THIS, THROUGH THE FIRST
TURNING, INTO THE SECOND TURN,
HERE IS BARRY ON TOP, SUMMEY
RUNS OVER AND GOES DOWN
LUCKILY ALL THREE RIDERS ARE
UP -- RUNNER ON THE OUTSIDE
THAT WHAT IS YOU WILL ALLAFTER
BURNER, DEMOLISHED THE --
THROUGH THERE, THIS IS THAT
SECTION, STEWART, WITHIN
CHANGES WHOOP SECTION -- HE
SEES SUPERCROSS -- A BRAVERY
IN A TWO OR THREE WERE GEARS
HIGHER NO IT AFRAID.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO -- TO THE
BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE,
CONFIDENCE, IN NOBODY IS MORE
CONFIDENT IN SKILLS THAN JAMES
STEWART -- NO QUESTION ABOUT
IT.
MICHAEL DOING A NICE JOB OF
HOLDING ON TO SECOND, AND
SHORT TRIES TO CLOSE IN, ON
THE NUMBER 29 HONDA.
STEWART, STARTING TO PULL AWAY
HERE,
AWARD
WINNING SPORTS.
>> SAN FRANCISCO, BATTLE FOR
SECOND BREWING SHORT AT THE 29
HONDA.
>> -- ALESSI, HERE COMES THE
INSIDE ROUND HIM, AND ANDREW
SHORT, RED HONDA -- UP TO
SECOND.
THAT WAS A VERY SMART MOVE
ANDREW MADE BECAUSE ONCE HE
MADE THE PASS THEN
RIGHT-HANDER -- HERE IS LEFTY
MAKES A MISTAKE HIGH SIDE
SHORT TO INSIDE -- HOLDS UP
BUT THE TO GO LEFT ANDREW GOES
INSIDE, BLOCKS THAT LINE GREAT
MOVE SHORT.
>> STEWART OUT FRONT 48.7, HIS
BEST TIME QUALIFYING, ONLY A
49.4, SO JAMES STEWART REALLY
ON THE -- ONCE AGAIN, SAN
FRANCISCO, HAD A DIALED IN
REALLY HAS THE LAST FEW WEEKS
-- CONFIDENCE, THAT THAT COACH
-- TEAM -- THIS IS A NEW
MACHINE FOR JAMES THIS YEAR,
TEAM IS FINALLY GOT -- JUST
ANNIHILATING -- STEWART IN
COMPETITION ALONG THE WAY
NUMBER, TWO HERE IS THREE
RIDING -- NOW, FOR SECOND,
SHORT, ALESSI, HONDA SUZUKI
AND HONDA OF WINDHAM -- AND
VERY IMPRESSIVE MIKE GILLESPIE
HE MADE THAT MISTAKE LOST
POSITION -- REMEMBER LAST
SUMMER WAS IN A HORRENDOUS
CRASH -- AND REALLY CAME BACK
STRONG.
>> CHECK YOUR FLAG FOR JAMES
STEWART THE WINNER ARE HEAT
TWO -- BATTLE FOR SECOND,
CONTINUING -- MILLSAPS, BACK
IN 10TH FIGHTING FOR TRANSFER
SPOT OPENING ROUND CRASH
INVOLVEMENT, BATTLING OUT
MILLSAPS GOING TO LOSE OUT
WILL BE GOING TO LCQ, LAST
CHANCE QUALIFIER MILLSAPS.
>> NINE MORE RIDERS COMING OUT
OF HEAT NUMBER TWO MAIN EVENT,
McCOY -- MILLSAPS.
ON THE HONDA A, FORECAST RIDER
GOING TO THE LAST CHANCE
QUALIFIER TOUGH TIME FOR DAVI.
>> -- JAMES YOU SAID THAT YOU
WERE IN 100% -- HAPPY WITH
PROGRESS THAT WAS A 48 SECOND
LAP TIME HAPPY NOW?
>>, I GUESS, I DIDN'T SEE,
THAT YOU KNOW, TRACK IS
SLIPPERY I THOUGHT ABOUT THE
START, FELT GOOD HAVING FUN
OUT HERE, AND, JUST WANT TO
THANK YAMAHA, AND I WANT TO
THANK PEOPLE I NEVER GET TO --
THANK YOU FOR WHAT -- THANK
YOU.
>> FINAL RIDERS MILLSAP, VOSS
TWO TICKETS TO MAIN EVENT, AS
THEY TRANSFER OUT OF THE LAST
CHANCE QUALIFIER.
.
>>> HOME OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASE
FALL SAN FRANCISCO JIENTHS
SUPERCROSS PACKED THES STANDS
IN CITY BY BAY TO WATCH A
GREAT SHOW, SUPERCROSS
ATHLETES IN THE WORLD, ARE IN
COMPETITION ONE OF THOSE
RIDERS MICHAEL COMING BACK,
FROM ONE OF THE NASTIEST
CRASHES I HAVE EVER SEEN MIKE
EXPLAIN ABOUT THE LONG
RECOVERY IN CATERPILLAR
FEATURE.
>> -- MENTALLY HAS BEEN
DEFINITELY HARD COMING BACK
FROM ALL INJURIES I HAD IN
2008.
-- RUNNING SUPERCROSS, MY BIG
CRASH -- IN SUMMER.
BREAKING BOTH -- SCAPULA, PUNK
YOU AREED LUNG MASSIVE
CONCUSSION, REALLY HARD TO GET
OUT THERE AND COMPETITION
LEVEL, GUYS ARE RIGHT NOW, AND
RIDING, LAST SEARCHER MONTHS,
TRAINING, AND -- RECOVERYING
FROM --
>> ♪, ♪, ♪ MY DAD -- MORE --
ACTIVE SUPERCROSS MORE
PRESSURE OFF ME, MY DAD IS NOT
RIGHT THERE IN MY EAR, IT IS
ON ME, I HAVE TO DO THIS RIGHT
DO THIS -- BETTER, NOT LIKE
THAT AT ALL HE IS YOU THE
THERE RACING TO -- ♪ ♪ THE
RIVALRY VILLOPOTO AND I GOES
BACK WHETHER I SEE
HYPOTHETICALLY IN PITS
GENERALLY WAVE HE WAVES BACK,
IT IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE THINK,
OR ARE -- BE HEAT EACH OTHER
NOT GOOD FRIENDS AT ALL WE ARE
NOT PAID TO BE THE OTHER GUY'S
FRIEND YOU ARE PAID TO RACE TO
WIN.
>> MIKE COMES FLYING OUT OF
THE BOX!
>> A KID I COULDN'T WAIT TO
WATCH, AND IT WAS ALREADY --
WATCHING, HE WAS SO SMOOTH, SO
CLEAR, AND DID EVERYTHING PR,
AND I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW KIDS
ARE LOOKING AT ME SHOWING THE
KIDS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE A
GOOD PERSON GET OUT THERE,
HAVE FUN BE RESPECTFUL TO THE
FANS, THERE COMES A POINT IN
TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO START
GROWING UP I FEEL THAT IS
WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW IN THE
STAGE OF MY LIFE AND I HAVE TO
START GROWING UP, GOOD
TRANSITION SEE THINGS MORE
CLEAR.
>> AN INCREDIBLE RECOVERY FROM
THAT VERY NASTY ACCIDENT, A
YEAR AGO, COME BACK AND EVEN A
HOLD SHOT TONIGHT HEAT RACE
REALISTICALLY SHEEHEN JEFFEMIC
WITH YOU'VE BEEN ON WITH VERY
SERIOUS INJURIES IN RACING
CAREER TOUGHER TO COME BACK OR
REHAB.
>> THE DOCTOR AND THERAPISTS
GET PHYSICAL SIDE BACK IT IS
MENTAL SIDE BUILDING
CONFIDENCE BECAUSE --
SUPERCROSS IS ALL ABOUT
CONFIDENCE, MIKE HAS DESIRE
DETERMINATION TO DO THAT,
ALSO, MIKE IS A VERY GOOD
START, SO WEEK AFTER WE'VE
PUTS HIMSELF IN A GOOD
POSITION THAT IS GOING TO
BUILD CONFIDENCE QUICKLY.
>> WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE NICEST
-- YOU WILL FIND IN SAN
FRANCISCO, THESE F
♪ ♪.
>>> JAMES STEWART HAS BEEN
ABSOLUTELY STRUTTING UP THE
COMPETITION LAST THREE WEEKS,
THREE RACES IN A ROW, TOP
SEVEN PODIUM THE WINNER
TONIGHT GOES FOR FOUR IN A
ROW, AS WE LOOK AT WE GET
SETTING TO IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THE 32nd IS UP THE GETTING
READY TO DROP MAIN EVENT TIME,
HERE YOU SEE CHAD REED --
STARTING GRID ACROSS THE
STREWN STEWART, YOU SEE
REED --
>> OUR POINTS LEADER HAS EIGHT
-- WITH FOURTH PLACE FINISH IN
HEAT, STEWART, FIRST GAME PICK
ALL ABOUT THE START.
STEWART TO CORNER FIRST, REED
-- GREAT START, THIRD -- HERE
-- VILLOPOTO, THIRD -- JAMES
STEWART, OUT FRONT AND FLYING
CHAD REED IS FOURTH, ALESSI
VILLOPOTO THIS IS --
EXCEPTIONAL START, ON FIRE,
VILLOPOTO TRIES TO INSIDE WITH
REED COMING UP ON THE OUTSIDE.
MEANWHILE, THREE -- THREE
RIDERS, FOR SECOND, STEWART,
IS ALREADY -- FOR THE LEAD,
YOU SEE YAMAHA STEWART RUNNING
TO PULL AWAY, REED UP TO FRONT
VILLOPOTO, NOT GOTTEN AROUND
JUST YET.
>> LET'S SEE WHAT CHAD REED
CAN DO, START THAT HE HAS HAD,
OPENING ROUND, WHERE HE WAS
THE FASTEST, MAKING PASSES ON
STEWART FOR THE LEAD, CHAD
REED, NEEDS TO REGROUP, REGAIN
THAT MOMENTUM, THAT HE
DESPERATELY NEEDS, HERE IN
THIS MAIN EVENT.
THERE YOU SEE REED THE REST --
THE BRIGHT WHITE NUMBER ONE,
REIGNING CHAMP, SUZUKI,
TEAMMATE GILLESPIE SECOND, NO
ORDERS HERE EVERYONE FOR
HIMSELF, SUPERCROSS -- WHAT
REED SHOULD NOT ALLOW TO
HAPPEN IS FOR ALESS TOY HOLD
HIM UP IN THE LAST TIME --
>> AND STEWART GET AWAY, REED
NEEDS TO PASS HIS TEAMMATE,
AND PUT IN THE ABSOLUTES BEST
LAP THAT HE CAN FOR NUMBER
SEVEN BIKE WILL BE GONE.
>> --
>> A GAP RIGHT NOW -- STEWART
AND REED.
AUSTRALIAN RIDER TWO-TIME
SUPERCROSS SERIES CHAMPION --
WON TITLE IN 2004 -- WON AGAIN
LAST A YEAR, THERE YOU SAW
VILLOPOTO ON GREEN KAWASAKI,
STEWART OFF IN DISTANCING,
THROUGH THE SKY.
NOW YOU SEE CHAD REED START TO
MAKE -- RIGHT THROUGH HERE, HE
IS GOING TO TRY TO SCOOT TO
INSIDE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO
ALESSI, WE SAW THAT EARLIER IN
THE SHOW BRUTAL CRASH HAD,
WORKED HIS WAY BACK STRONGER
FASTER MORE CONFIDENCE EACH
EVERY WEEK, REALLY SHOWING
HERE TONIGHT.
IN THE PREVIOUS WEEK HE COULD
ROCKET START AS -- NOT
HAPPENING TONIGHT GILLESPIE'S
BEST LAP LAST TIME ISSUED A
50.1, STEWART 49.9, 2/5 OF A
SECOND OFF STEWART, FOR MIKE
GILLESPIE PUTTING IN ONE OF
THE BEST RIDES THAT WE HAVE
SEEN HIM EVER PUT IN IN A
SUPERCROSS.
>> LAST LAP, RAN QUICK, THEY
LOST HALF A SECOND, EACH, TO
STEWART.
>> REED TO THE INSIDE, HE IS
GOING TO DO IT -- CONTACT --
REED IN SECOND -- VILLOPOTO
ALESSI -- BETWEEN THOSE TWO --
VILLOPOTO TO MAKE MOVES ON
REED -- NUMBER 33 YAMAHA --
BATTLE FOR SECOND, VILLOPOTO
HAS SLOW DOWN ON INSIDE GUARD
THAT LINE -- HE CAN REALM
GETTING CLOSE TO REED HOW
ABOUT JOSH, THREE ON TO THE
TOYOTA YAMAHA A PHENOMENAL
RIDE THIS GUY HAS HAD A HUGE
CONFIDENCE BOOST, WON OPENING
ROUND SUPERCROSS -- HE IS
REALLY FLUID VERY CONFIDENT,
HE IS DIALED IN.
>> -- DEALING WITH -- SHOW YOU
HOW -- OVER THE YEARS, FIRST
TWO RACES ANAHEIM WON WRACK UP
11.FINISH, ANAHEIM TWO GOT
BACK IN HOUSTON A WEEK AGO --
SO HERE HE IS SITTING IN
FOURTH GRANT WINNER ANAHEIM
ONE TRIES FOR SECOND IN
POINTS.
>> TOP FIVE IN EACH OF THE
FOUR REFUNDS THIS YEAR.
>> LAST SIX OF 20, LAST TIME
-- OUR LEADER, WAS 49.5, 6/10
OF A SECOND OFF CHAD REED,
REALLY HAS GOT THE NUMBER DOWN
AND PUT IT TOGETHER AND HE'S
-- MAKING A RUN FOR THE WIN
HERE TONIGHT.
GRANT -- HERE HE IS WITH A
MOVE ON THE LEFT -- CONTACT,
THERE, RIDERS STAY UP,
CONTINUE ON NO CHANGE IN
POSITION, DOWN TO INSIDE
AGAIN, HE HEAVY, AND SHORT
COMES THROUGH ON THEED ON HAD
A ALESSI, TWO SPOT RIDERS HAVE
A REPUTATION OF HARD PASSES,
SHORT IN MIDDLE OF IT, YOU
CONSIDER THAT A GREEN BUT --
>> I CONSIDER THAT SUPERCROSS
RACING THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE
TO DO ON A TRACK LIKE THIS.
>> NOW ALESSI LOSING MORE
POSITION, TEDESCO COMES
THROUGH AS WELL NUMBER NINE,
HONDA.
>> YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT CAN
DO FOR A RIDERS'S MENTAL STATE
COMPLETELY SHOOK MICHAEL
OUT -- ONE LAST, AND HE HAS
KEVIN WINDHAM, AND HILL
BREATHING DOWN HIS NECK GREAT
START FOR ALESSI -- HAS REALLY
BACKED OFF, LIKE YOU SAID,
TOUGH TO BE IN SAME RACING
SHAPE WITH RIDERS, BECAUSE
THEY ARE NOT RECOVERING FROM
MASSIVE INJURIES.
>> IN 7TH RIGHT NOW, WINDHAM,
IN 8TH.
-- FINISHED SECONDED
CHAMPIONSHIP A YEAR AGO TO
CHAD REED -- VETERAN RIDER,
ONE OF THOSE CONSIDERED TITLE
CONTENDERS AS WE GO BACK TO
THE FRONT, JAMES STEWART WILL
BE ANOTHER INCREDIBLE
PERFORMANCE -- IN THIS 2009
SEASON.
>> YOU KNOW JAMES -- MAKING IT
LOOK EASY, JEFF BUT -- HASN'T
BEEN SMOOTH FOR STEWART SO FAR
TONIGHT.
>> STEWART -- MAKE MASTER OF
JUST THREEDING THE NEEDLE
RIGHT HERE, SO CLOSE, IN THE
NIGHT INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP,
YOU SEE TRIED TO GET RIGHT
THERE -- AS HE TOOK OFF, AND
THIS IS A ROCKY GRAVELLY SOIL,
TIRES CAN'T GET BUSTED LOOSE
STEWART HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE
SEEN THIS THROUGHOUT HIS
CAREER, PULL OFF, YOU KNOW,
SITUATION LIKE THAT, THAT IS
WHY WEEK IN, WEEK OUT THESE
RIDERS STRENGTHEN TRAIN
CARDIOVASCULAR TRAIN, AND REAL
BACK IN WHEN YOU NEED TO KUDOS
TO TRAINER, FOR KEEPING HIM IN
TIP-TOP PHYSICAL CONDITION
THERE.
>> NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE FACT
THAT -- WITH THE YAMAHA -- NOT
DIALED IN THE WAY JAMES
LIKES -- CREW WORDING SO HARD
TO BRING THIS BIKE AROUND FOR
JAMES, NOW HAS -- CONTROL OF
THE MACHINE.
>> LOOK AT THE HOLD SHOT
CENTER OF SCREEN THE YELLOW
BIKE OF THE LAST LIKES LIE HE
ALMOST HAD IT, NUMBER SEVEN, A
WHEEL, JUST -- ALESSI OUT OF
THE PICTURE ACROSS THE STRIPE
NUMBER 10 JAMES STEWART.
>> CONVERSATION WITH JAMES,
THIS -- STEWART THE RIDER WALK
AROUND -- JUST ONE THING ABOUT
JAMES THAT SURPRISE YOU THE
MOST AS FATHER WATCHING YOUR
SONS MATURE AS RACER A PERSON,
HE SAID FINALLY REALIZED HIS
DADDY WAS RIGHT.
>> GREAT FATHER-SON
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JAMES AND
FATHER -- MOTOCROSS FAMILY,
HIS BROTHER MORE INTELLIGENT
THAN JAMES SEE IF HE CA
.
>>> JAMES STEWART LEADING IN
SAN FRANCISCO, AT&T, BOY -- 10
LAPSTO GO --
>> JAMES STEWART RIGHT NOW IS
1/2 SECOND LEAD OVER CHAD
TO GO
ON A DIFFICULT TRACK LIKE WE
HAVE HERE, IT SAN FRANCISCO --
THIS RACE ISN'T OVER, JAMES IS
GOING TO START TO GET INTO THE
LAST RIDERS, WHO ARE HAVING
PROBLEMS WITH THEIR OWN RACE
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE LAST
REMEMBER THIS EARLIER TONIGHT
WE STILL ROCKY GRAVELLY, BASE
TO IT, YOU ARE SEEING THAT YOU
ARE EASY FOR BEST TO MAKE
MISTAKES CHAD REED PUTTING IN
A WILL SOLID RIDE IN SECOND,
BUT, YOU NEED -- CROSS FINGERS
THAT IS WHAT HE CAN DO HOPING
STEWART WILL MAKE A SLIGHT
MISTAKE ALLOW HIM THOUGH TO
CLOSE UP FOURTH SECOND PLACE
FINISH FOR REED, THIS YEAR --
YOU KNOW ONE THING INTERESTING
ABOUT THE RACING HERE THE
FIRST RACE HELD IN 2003 WON BY
CARRY MICHAEL, EVERY YEAR --
CARMAKER EVERY YEAR WINNERS
FROM FLORIDA COULD HAPPEN HERE
TONIGHT --
>> THAT IS RIGHT HE IS USED TO
VERY WARM CONDITIONS, ANYTHING
CAN HAPPEN AT THIS POINT -- AS
EVENING PROGRESSES, TRACK
DETERIORATES, TO THE TOP,
LITERALLY LIKE MARBLE DOWN
HAVE HERE.
>> IF FRONT END SLIDES UP IT
IS ANYBODY'S GYM.
>> YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT ERIN
LIKE I SAID EVEN THE BEST THEY
ARE TRYING TO YOU KNOW, WORK
THEIR WAY THREAD THE NEEDLE
PAST BLOCKS FIND THAT RUTHET,
3 OR 4 INCHES RIDE, THREED THE
FRONT FIRE THROUGH THAT
POSITION, YOU START TO SEE --
SOME BIGGER ROCKS COME UP,
LATE, IN THE MAIN EVENT, SO --
VERY TRICKY TRACK THE NUMBER
TWO VILLOPOTO IN KAWASAKI
PUTTING IT TOGETHER, CLOSING
UP 50.7, SO, THIS RACE --
ISN'T OVER, YET.
>> -- VILLOPOTO -- CAREER BEST
FINISH, ON -- A WEEK AGO IN
HOUSTON MADE THE PODIUM
FINISHED THIRD MIGHT IMPROVE
IF HE TAKES OVER SECOND.
>> -- GRANT, 33 TOYOTA YAMAHA
TOP FIVE -- OPENING ROUND,
ROOKIE -- PHENOMENAL SEASON
RIDING FOR JOE GIBBERISH
RACING HALL OF FAME FOOTBALL
COACH --
>> -- TEAM GUILD BUILDING WHAT
GRANT, RIDING ON THE SCENE
SAID THE COHESIVENESS TEAM HAS
EVERYTHING WORKED TOGETHER,
WHAT IS REALLY HELPING RHYTHM
IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON
SUPERCROSS.
>> RUNS SUPERCROSS, BATTLE FOR
SIXTH WINDHAM, TEDESCO,
WINDHAM INCREDIBLE -- SOME OF
THE TEAM RIDERS, WINDHAM,
SHORT, TEDESCO, CONSIDERS
FACTOR BEINGRY TEAM WINDHAM
SUPREME HONDA RIDER LAST YEAR.
>> FAR RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN
SHORT -- FACTORY HONDA RIDER,
FOR THE BIG RED, A PROBLEM
VICTORY IN RECENT YEARS --
HEALTHY, AND PAYING OFF ALL
RUNNING VERY WELL THEY ARE ALL
-- SHORT -- TEDESCO WINDHAM,
ALL --
>> INTERESTING ABOUT THE HONDA
THERE TOTALLY NEW REDESIGNED
BIKE, FUEL INJECTION.
>> A PROBLEM --
>> TEDESCO BACK ON THE TRACK,
BEFORE HE HAD BIG PROBLEM
HISTORICAL --
>> WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY
TEDESCO HAS AGREED WITH THIS
BIKE, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH
SUZUKI KAWASAKI, FUEL
INJECTION -- MANUFACTURERS --
TEDESCO, LOOK AT THE REPLAY
JUST REALLY HAD IT TOGETHER
THIS IS THAT SECTION HERE,
WHERE JAMES STEWART WENT OR
ALMOST WENT DOWN, TEDESCO,
DOES GO DOWN, AND WELL,
LUCKILY -- CREW THERE, JUST
OUT OF THE WAY THAT REALLY HAS
SLOWED MEMORANDUM FOR IVAN
TEDESCO SOLID EACH AND EVERY
MAIN EVENT 33 SECONDS BEHIND
STEWART.
>> VERY GOOD RUN, IN THE TOP
10, EACH AND EVERY ROUND, 10TH
RIGHT NOW, SO KEEP THAT STREAK
GOING.
>> MORE THAN JUST BEING INSIDE
TOP 10, REALLY SEEN A
REREJUVENATE NATIONWIDE NEW
KFGS TEDESCO HASN'T HAD SINCE
HE LEFT --
>> -- HERE -- JUSTIN,
QUALIFIER THAT IS HIM ON THE
RED HONDA NUMBER 18, AND HE IS
CLOSED IN ON, CONTINUES TO
DROP DOWN TO RUNNING ORDER.
THIS RIGHT NOW, CONTINUING
BETWEEN ALESSI O.
>> HE IS GOING FOR BEST FINISH
OF THE YEAR WON MAIN EVENT,
MILLSAPS TRYING TO PUT
SOMETHING TOGETHER TO INSIDE
OF ALESS ENJOY TO GO MAKE THE
MOVE, MILLSAPS HAS NOT BEEN
INSIDE THE TOP 10 UNTIL NOW,
BEST FINISH THREE TENTH PLACE
FINISHS LAST THREE ROUNDS 12TH
IN ANAHEIM NOW INSIDE TOP 10,
BOY SPEAKING OF -- A STREAK
GOING TO BE FOR -- IF HE CAN
HANG ON, YAMAHA, TO WINNING
THE RACES, ACTUALLY THE FIRST
-- THE FIFTH WIN IN ROW FOR
YAMAHA MANUFACTURER THE BEST
START TO SEASON FOR THEM,
SINCE YEAR 2000 --
>> THE WAY GOING, THROUGH
THAT, THAT YEAR WON 14, ON 16
RACES THIS YEAR WE'VE GOT
SEVEN.
>> THIS IS JUST BEEN
PHENOMENAL START TO THE SEASON
FOR JAMES STEWART, WHO WENT
DOWN WITH -- THE OPENING ROUND
LEADING AND -- WE EARLY IN
SEASON WE JAMES WAS WINNING
BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY THINK
THAT HE LOOKED GREAT -- WE
HAVE SEEN HIM PERFORM BUT HE
DEMOLISHED COMPETITION A START
THAT HE NEEDS, TAKING THE
CHECKERED FLAG, JUST YOU KNOW
-- LOOKS LIKE ON HIS WAY TO
ANOTHER ONE.
>> HERE IT IS, A PARE OF AND
SHORT -- ON THE RED 29 QUICKLY
CLOSING IN WINDHAM ON THE 14.
-- MAIN LINES THERE YOU HAVE
TO TAKE OUTSIDE LINES REALLY
STARTING TO GET DID YOU GO IN,
DIFFICULT TRACK, WHAT WE SAW
WAS WHEN A RIDER TRIES TO PLY
PRESSURE GIVE THAT EXTRA
EFFORT, IT WAS TOO MUCH, SO
YOU KNOW THESE RIDERS HERE,
THE SUPERCROSS RIDERS LIKE
JAMES STEWART KNEW THAT THE
START WAS GOING TO BE PUT
TOGETHER PHENOMENAL -- REALLY
SHOWED WHY HE IS THE FASTEST
MAN ON THE PLANET.
>> JAMES STEWART, HERE IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
WHAT A GREAT VIEW THIS HAS TO
BE OPENING ROUND.
>> -- FOURTH WIN IN A ROW!
JAMES STEWART TO THE CHECKERED
FLAG IN SAN FRANCISCO!
>> YAMAHA, ONCE AGAIN, ON IN
TON OF THE PODIUM IN SESSION
VILLOPOTO VERY STRONG IN
THIRD, AND ANDREW SHORT ROUNDS
OUT TOP FIVE, KEVIN WINDHAM
CROSSES OVER JUMP IN FIFTH
POSITION, BUT -- TAKE ALL THE
GLORY IN THIS SEASON JAMES
STEWART, PICKED UP HIS FOURTH
WIN HIS OUT FOR WIN IN A ROW
YAMAHA FIFTH WIN, IN 2009.
JAMES STEWART DIALING OUT
COMPETITION AS HE WINS AGAIN
HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND WE
WILL BE BACK
222BACK TO AT&T, AND STARTING
TO FILE OUT HERE.
IN THE PARTY MOVES TO VICTORY
PODIUM DOWN THERE -- TOP THREE
WILL BE THERE, WE WILL MEET
THEM IN A SECOND JAMES
STEWART, CHAD REED --
VILLOPOTOS TIES CAREER BEST
FINISH WITH ANOTHER THIRD
PLACE.
>> VERY STRONG RIDE FOR
VILLOPOTO, INCHING UP BETTER
EACH AN EVERY WEEK CHAD REED
UNFORTUNATELY CONTINUES TO
FINISH SECOND MAN KEEPING
WINNING JAMES STEWART MEET
RIDER WHO FINISHED THIRD.
>> MUST HAVE LIKED THE PODIUM
MAKING IT TWO WEEKS IN A ROW,
YOU SAID AS LONG AS YOU CAN
RACE AGAINST COMPETITORS, THAT
WAS ALL THAT WAITS GOING TO
TAKE SAME --
>> YEAH YOU KNOW GOT A DEEPER
START ABLE TO GET ON CHAD'S
BACK WHEEL ONCE HE PASSED ME
STAY WITH HIM 20 LAPSE THAT IS
MY GOAL TO RACE WITH JAMES AND
CHAD TONIGHT IT WAS CHAD I
COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT
YOU KNOW -- ENERGY KAWASAKI,
AND YOU KNOW EVERYBODY --
OAKLEY -- THANK YOU.
>>ING CONGRATULATIONS --
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE
SHOULD BE OUTSTAND TWIG WRAP
UP, TITLE WILL GO TO THE END
OF OF THE YEAR INFORMING
CLOSER TO REED AT THE END OF
THE FIRST ROUND 19 PLACE NOW
SECOND, ONLY SIX BEHIND REED
FINISHED SECOND AGAIN.
>> TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE
START TO FINISH FOR CHAD REED
THE DAY STARTED OFF EXTREMELY
ROUGH WITH THAT CRASH IN
PRACTICE ARE YOU HAPPY WITH
THE OUTCOME.
>> YEAH REAL HAPPY CONTINUING
TO STAND ON PODIUM A GREAT
START, THAT IS MAIN THING,
JUST -- MY HEAT RACE WAS
HORRIBLE, WE JUST WENT BACK
WORKED ON SOME THINGS, AND I
FELT A LOT BETTER IN THE MAIN
SO HATS OFF TO -- SUZUKI, GUYS
-- SCOTT -- TOGETHER WE ALL
WORKED HARD, AND I'M HAPPY
WITH A SECOND TONIGHT AS JAMES
RODE A GREAT RACE HAS BEEN
RIDING BEHIND ME, IT WAS TOUGH
OUT THERE.
>> -- MISTAKES THAT HAPPENED
THIS AFTERNOON IN YOUR CRASH?
>> -- PRACTICE -- AND I JUMPED
THE TRIPLE PRETTY MUCH SAME
LENGTHY EVERY WEEKEND I WENT
FOR IT, AND I WAS A LITTLE BIT
OFF TO THE RIGHT -- STICKING
OUT WE MET AND JUST -- OVER
THE BARS, AND JOSH GRANT CAME
BEHIND ME HIT MY BIKE IT WAS
PRETTY UGLY I GOT PRETTY
BRUISED UP, BUT THEN --
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING
TO ITS THE PODIUM ONCE AGAIN.
>> A LOOK AT TOYOTA MOVING
FORWARD REPLAY GOING TO THE
HOLD SHOT.
>> IT WAS ALL ABOUT JAMES
STEWART TONIGHT ON THAT BLUE
YAMAHA, THROUGH FIRST TURNING
SQUEEZES ALESSI ACROSS THE
LINE, NO LOOKING BACK JAMES
STEWART ALL THE WAY.
>> WE GO BACK ERIN.
>> TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE
JAMES YOU MADE THIS LOOK EASY
HOW TRICKY WAS THE TRACK.
>> THE TRACK, WAS REALLY
TRICKY, SUPERSLIPPERY AND
STUFF, AND -- CARBURETOR --
GETTING IT DONE THOUGHT FUEL
INGENTLEMENINGION WOULD BE
TOUGH, WE'VE BEEN, WORKING
HARD I THINK NOW STARTING TO
SHOW, I CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING
BETTER.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON KEEPING
THE MOMENTUM ROLLING.
>> ATTACKING RECORD BOOK MOVES
YOU SEE FOUR FOR FOUR WINS
MOVES TO FOURTH OVERALL, IN
THE WINS CATEGORY, ALL A TIME,
JEFF A YOUNG MAN, SUCH A LONG
WAY YET TO GO IN HIS CAREER.
>> AND HE IS ON THE SAME PAGE
FOR MAIN STARTED NOW 29 AS
GREAT MCGRAFF.
>> CONSIDERED THE KING OF THE
SPORT, KING OF SUPERCROSS, OF
COURSE, RICKY CARMICHAEL AS
pCOURSE, RICKY CARMICHAEL AS
WELL, IN FRONT OF JOHNSON
CLOSING IN ON REED, CARMICHAEL
MCGRAFF.
>> YOU HAVE TO THINK THIS
NUMBER RIDER -- 72 WINS WHAT
STEWART IS AFTER.
>> THAT IS WHERE HE IS
CONSIDERED KING OF SUPERCROSS,
SHOWTIME, REALLY SPECTACULAR,
IN HIS DAY -- JAMES STEWART --
>> I KNOW, WATCHING FROM
BEHIND IT WAS HE WAS A
TREMENDOUS COMPETITOR, AS IS